Disagree wholeheartedly.
Again, we play the stupid game with multitudes of candidates. There should be a runoff before I’m satisfied that this disloyal man is really the conservative choice.
I also disagree that in a limited congressional district that a 3rd party candidate cannot rise to the top.
In fact, the Constitution Party made a major miscalculation this last election with Virgil Goode. He should have run for his old congressional seat.
Besides, no 3rd party candidate will EVER take the presidency, even if he wins a plurality of the vote, because that throws the election to the Electoral College, and they require a 50% vote. It then goes to the House, and without a meaty congressional representation, any 3rd party is toast.
So, the place to start is congressional districts and lower.
BTW, our even discussing this is evidence that Sanford is injuring the conservative brand.
There was a runoff, Sanford won. He's the "conservative choice" for this district. This is South Carolina "values voters" territory, and the people marched off to the polls and nominated this cheating retread. It's an R+11 district smack dab in the middle of the bible belt.
BTW, our even discussing this is evidence that Sanford is injuring the conservative brand.
You're right, he is. But now Sanford is the nominee, and we're going to have to fight to elect him since he will be a million times better than the liberal Democrat alternative - at least when it comes to how he votes on the issues. And no, a 3rd party isn't going to work here. There isn't enough time anyway since the special election is in 5 weeks.